Nixon Watergate panel eyes informal talk with Nixon
Senate Watergate panel seeks a definitive statement on the scandal aided by an informal meeting with President Nixon. Senator Baker says a public discussion with Nixon could help, while the committee nears the end of a week of disclosures on illicit campaign funding and corporate contributions.
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Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee
Nixon
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Bristol
Tenn
Renald L. Ziegler
San Clemente
Priate Forum
Baker
American Airlines
George A. Spater
Watergate
Citizens’ Lobby
Spater
Finance Committee
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Kalmbach
New York
Phoenix
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Slaughter cattle market in SW Kansas mixed with slower week
Slaughter steers and heifers moved slowly through most of the week with best action Tuesday. Volume fell short of last week while forward contracting remained in demand. Totals: 17,400 head sold from Friday to Thursday versus 30,100 prior week and 18,900 a year ago. Names: Lloyd Thatcher injured in a one car mine road accident near Lakin.
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Kansas
Wells to Head Boosters for Dole Campaign
Sen. Robert Dole began reelection efforts by naming Robert Wells of Garden City head of the Boosters for Dole committee. Wells, a former FCC member, will raise funds and open political offices, saying credibility and early organization are key while Docking or Roy loom as likely opponents.
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Robert Dole
Robert Wells
Garden City
Dole
Kful Studios
Senate
Robert Docking
Bill Roy
Wells
Federal Communications Commission
Tetzlaff
Docking
Flames consume 20000 acres closing Chadron State Park
Flames burn through 20000 acres of federal forest state park and private land forcing Chadron State Park to close to visitors as evacuees leave. National Guard volunteers U S Forest Service and local crews fight the blaze aided by strong north winds and extreme dryness. No buildings burned and the fire covers a six to eight mile wide strip four miles long near Chadron Nebraska.
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Chadron
Neb
Chadron State Park
Nebraska
Forest Service
Nebraska National Forest
Willard R. Barbee
Nebraska Game and Parks
National Guard
Dawes County
Jake Hymer
Hymer
J. J. Exon
Chadron Unit
U. S. Forest Service
Burl Johnson
Billie Jean King Wins Wimbledon Title Again
Billie Jean King defeated Chris Evert 6-0 7-5 in the Wimbledon final to claim her fifth title and post-war record sixth Wimbledon crown. The match on center court drew 16,000 fans after a rain delay, with Evert overpowered in the first set before a late rally.
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Wimbledon
England
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
Chris Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Russia
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Miss Evert
Mrs. King
Billie Jean
Center Court
All-England
Chris
Margaret Court
Australia
Radiation Therapy Center construction progress report
Contributions totaling $224,000 have been received for the Radiation Therapy Center south of St. Catherine Hospital. Sister Anita Schugart notes an additional $34,000 in pledges, with total costs likely exceeding $260,000 due to inflation. Construction began in late February and is to be completed in November amid weather and shipment delays.
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ST. Catherine Hospital
Farmland Industries, Inc
Kansas City
Don Fender
Farmland Foods Beef
Anita Schugart
O.P
Fund Drive
Joe Brown dies at 80 famed for rubber mouth comedy
Joe F. Brown, a longtime film and vaudeville comic known for his rubbery mouth and sports fan persona, died at his Brentwood home of natural causes at age 80. He appeared in 50 films incl Alibi Ike and Elmer The Great, worked on Broadway, and helped fund college for 30 student athletes. Funeral mass was held at St Martin of Tours with burial Monday in Forest Lawn Glendale.
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Brown
Brentwood
Toledo
Ohio
Orpheum
Mike Frankovich
St. Martin of Tours
Forest Flawn
Glendale
Famous 1940s Actress Veronica Lake Dies in Vermont
Veronica Lake, famed 1940s actress known for a blonde peekaboo hairstyle, died of acute hepatitis at the Medical Center of Vermont in Burlington at age 51. She starred in 26 films during the 1940s, including This Gun for Hire which helped launch Alan Ladd, and later faded from fame after earning about 4,500 dollars per film at her peak.
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Burlington
Veronica
Lake
Medical Center
Vermont
Alan Ladd
Scrapped Decoy Plan Considered Too Costly
The Pentagon canceled an $800 million decoy system meant to mislead Soviet radars for B52 missions, saying the expense outweighed the expected benefits. It noted $67.5 million already spent on the project.
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Washington
Pentagon
Hospitals in R Bastin and other addresses postwar notices
List of hospitalities and individuals in Missouri and Texas with names and addresses, then a series of traffic citations and fines for speeding, driving left of center, open container, meter violations, disobeying stop signs, no license, improper parking, and helmet or eye protection infractions. Includes entries for Leonard, Muriel, and Patricia among others.
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Andrew W. Moore
Raymond W. Kowalke
Mearlene McLain
Max Crist
Meeker
Patricia Becker
Albert Voth
Center
Johnnie Lou Tinter
Mulberry
Phillip E. Rudd
Laurel
Herman Wesley Belew
Wellington
Tex
Stanley R. Nevin
L. D. Mahan
Rt. 1
Lenora M. Johnson
N. Main
Shirley T. Campbell
Hubert Donald Haynes
H and H Trailer Village
Merle Dean Witt
Donna Sue Rhodes
E. Spruce
Mike Medina Garcia
Hattie
Multiple Traffic Violations Listed For Garden City Residents
In Garden City A. Rice Ronald Bulkley Michael Bennett Lanell Hayes Larry Jones David McDonald Hart Brookover John Holmes Linda Bull Claude Trujillo Charles Larson Russell Bardgett Gibson Rome Uh rich Miller Winters Alvarez. Names appear with addresses and fines for speeding disobeying signs failing to yield parking and related offenses.
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Beta A. Rice
Rt. 1
Ronald C. Bulkley
Michael Craig Bennett
Syracuse
Lanell Lou Hayes
E. Cedar
Larry Jones
Holcomb
David Patrick McDonald
Hart C. Brookover
Gillespie
John Elton Holmes
Briar Hill
Linda Bull
N, &Th
William Irons Bardgett
Garden City Ave
Michael C. Gibson
Belmont
Joseph Pattick Rome
Rebecca R. Uhrich
Stoeckly
Local Theft Report Lists Varied Losses Across Businesses
A series of property thefts and damages reported around town include a City Stereo tape player and eight tapes valued at 90 dollars from Crowd Company on Rt. 1, cash drawer 142 dollars from Stone Hotel at 121 W Chestnut, and credit cards plus 32.72 dollars valued at 60 from Municipal Swimming Pool. Miscellaneous items worth 150 dollars were taken from Gibson's Discount Store, 1308 Taylor. Damages noted at Burtis Motors and Santa Fe and Inge intersections with grass area, both for which causes are undetermined.
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Crowd Company
Rt. 1
Stone Hotel
W. Chestnut
Gibson
Taylor
Deaths of James C Earnest and Hobert Yates Sr.
Obituaries note death of James Clark Earnest 74 at Stella Nursing Home after long illness born August 4, 1888 in Luray taught in Kendall before moving to Garden City in 1925 retired farmer married Ruby Blossom Combes August 19, 1914 in Lakin she died 1942 survived by daughter Enid Lee three sons Ivan Seadrist Ralph Gail six grandchildren and three great grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Funeral at Phillip White Funeral Home Monday at 2 pm officiated by Rev Leonard A Clark burial in Lakin Cemetery. Also memorial funeral for Hobert Yates Sr. 75 at Christian Church in Dighton died yesterday at Gove County Hospital born July 25, 1897 in Amy married Eliza Bendorf January 28, 1917 in Scott City farmer lifelong resident church elder survivors include widow two daughters and a son brother and four sisters five grandchildren two great grandchildren burial in Dighton Memorial Cemetery with memorials to the church care of First National Bank Dighton.
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James Clark Earnest
Pearl
Stella
Mr. Earnest
Luray
Kendall
Garden City
Ruby Blossom Combes
Lakin
Enid Lee
Ivan
Seadrist
Tex
Ralph
Gail
Colorado Springs
Col
Seth
Holcomb
Albert
Hays
Joe
Phillip-White Funeral Home
Leonard A. Clark
Shields
Hobert Yates Sr
Christian Church
Dighton
Joe Tempfer
Yates
Gove County Hospital
Quinter
Amy
Eliza Bendorf
Scott City
Raymond Dowell
Hubert Sr
Harvey
Scotts Valley
Calif
Olive Wickman
Ethel Jowett
Wichita
Myrtle Neel
Eva Sramer
Dighton Memorial Cemetery
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James H. O'Connor
Senate Watergate Committee
Democratic National Committee
Friend
Lloyd Thatcher
Thatcher
Highway Patrol
Savings and Loan Association
Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
Baghdad Radio
Hammad Shihab
Nazim Kazzar
Radio
Topeka
Kan
Los Angeles
Joe FE. Brown
Bayseed
Ike
Elmer the Great
Boston Red Sox
University of California At Los Angeles
Lester
Kathryn
R. Bastin
St. Charles
Cardlyn Kay Batman
Graham W. Blake
Preston Burtis Jr
North Center
Leslie Crouch
Leon
Leland Graves
Donald E. Imel
Bryan Allen Jobe
Manter
Patricia Michelle Orozco
Marvin Shafer
Santa Fe
Brenda M. Shore
Emerson Shirley R. Thomas
Fair Teresa Westbrook
Emerson Harry
Weakly
Roy L. Smith
Nelson
Garden City Telegram
Burtis Motors
Inge
James C. Earnest
Hallmark Fiberglas Pools
Hallmark
Cam Sanasta
Les Logan
Gantiamen
Falmark Fools
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